War Machine

This episode features an audio essay from Matt Baker titled “The Panarchist Politics of Amipotence”. The essay appears in a recently published volume centering on Tom Oord's concept of amipotence. The volumes also feature entries from Josh Patterson, Catherine Keller, Ilia Delio, et al and is available here: https://www.amazon.com/Amipotence-Support-Criticism-Brandon-Brown/dp/1958670774 Music for this episode provided by CryoChamber: https://www.cryochamberlabel.com/

In this episode, Matt speaks with Thomas Nail about his book "The Philosophy of Movement: An Introduction". Nail is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Denver and the author of numerous books including The Figure of the Migrant, Theory of the Border, Marx in Motion, Theory of the Image, Theory of the Object, Theory of the Earth, Lucretius I, II, III, Returning to Revolution, and Being and Motion, The Philosophy of Movement. Read more about the Philosophy of Movement: https://philosophy-of-movement.com/ Read the Introduction: https://udenver.academia.edu/ThomasNail Get the book: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517917456/the-philosophy-of-movement/ Music for this episode: Adonis, Birds ov Paradise Enchanted Lands, The Guild of Ambience Cleocathral, Farkas

This episode features a special session from a recent conference hosted by the Center for Open and Relational Theology. The conversation centers on Catherine Keller's latest book, No Matter What: Crisis and the Spirit of Planetary Possibility. The episode includes Keller's opening remarks, a response from matt, and Keller's reply. Other panelists have been omitted for length and focus, but a link to the full panel discussion is available for free at this link: https://c4ort.com/ortline25-audio-downloads/

In this episode, Matt and Justin Speak with Professor Elliot Wolfson about his book Heidegger and Kabbalah: Hidden Gnosis and the Path of Poiesis. Wolfson is a renowned scholar of Jewish mysticism, philosophy of religion, and comparative mysticism. His work blends rigorous textual scholarship with insights from literary theory, feminist thought, postmodern hermeneutics, phenomenology, and Eastern mystical traditions. Widely regarded as the leading scholarly interpreter of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Wolfson has significantly reshaped contemporary understandings of Jewish esotericism. In addition to his academic writing, Wolfson is also a poet and visual artist, with several published volumes of poetry and a gallery exhibition. He served as founding editor of the Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy and remains an influential voice in the study of religion and mysticism. Heidegger and Kabbalah: https://iupress.org/9780253042576/heidegger-and-kabbalah/ Music for this episode: Prey, Niky Nine Dunes, Jonathan Fitoussi

In this episode, Matt speaks with Richard Tarnas about his book Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New Worldview. Richard Theodore Tarnas is a cultural historian and astrologer known for his books The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View and Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View. Tarnas is professor of philosophy and psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and is the founding director of its graduate program in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness. In 1968 Tarnas entered Harvard, graduating with an A.B. cum laude in 1972. He received his Ph.D. from Saybrook Institute in 1976 with a thesis on psychedelic therapy. In 1974 Tarnas went to Esalen in California to study psychotherapy with Stanislav Grof. From 1974 to 1984 he lived and worked at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, teaching and studying with Grof, Joseph Campbell, Gregory Bateson, Huston Smith, Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, and James Hillman. He also served as Esalen's director of programs and education. Get the book: https://a.co/d/4gJFNxS warmachinepodcast.org Music for this episode: Lamentium, Monasterium Imperi Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

In this episode, Jake and Matt speak with Sheri Kling who is an author, speaker, singer, and spiritual mentor offering courses, keynote concerts, retreats, and one-on-one soul work for wholeness, purpose, passion, and joy. Dr. Sheri has spent a lifetime focusing on transformation and human flourishing. Her specialty is harnessing proven wisdom from a range of sources to address the individual and societal problems that keep us divided and suffering. The Renewing Faith conference is a three day online event (Jan 23-25, 2025) sponsored by Process and Faith, and the Center for Process Studies. It is designed specifically for forward-looking Christian pastors, staff members, lay leaders, spiritual directors, chaplains, and those outside traditional church settings - whether you consider yourself a progressive mainliner, a quiet contemplative, a spiritual seeker, or a “deconstructing” post-evangelical - who are seeking to reignite their passion and find life-giving purpose in their faith journeys. For more information: https://processandfaith.org/renewing-faith/#main warmachinepodcast.com Music for this episode: Untitled Intro Music, Matt Baker Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

In this episode, Justin and Matt speak with Andrew Culp. Andrew Culp (MA 2009, Ph.D. 2013) is a Professor of Media History and Theory and Program Director of the MA Aesthetics and Politics program (starting Spring 2023) in the School of Critical Studies and in the MA Aesthetics and Politics Program, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). In his first book, Dark Deleuze (University of Minnesota Press, 2016), he proposes a revolutionary new image of Gilles Deleuze's thought suited to our 24/7 always-on media environment, and it has been translated into eight languages. With his second book, A Guerrilla Guide to Refusal (University of Minnesota Press, 2022), he arms the reader with critical theory as part of a journey through anarchist infowar, queer outlaws, and Black insurgency. He is currently working on two projects: a new structuralist theory of the state's arkhḗ, and a critical history of cybernetics from those subverting it from its inside. Culp's writing on these and other topics has appeared in Flügschriften, Radical Philosophy, symplokē, parallax, angelaki, Deleuziana, The Alienocene, and Boundary 2 online. As part of The Destructionist International, he also makes films and other media. His most recent is the experimental documentary Machines in Flames (2022), which explores the legacy of techno-sabotage. Andrew Culp: http://www.andrewculp.org/ Link to PDF of Guerilla Guide to Refusal: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ml50d6vO80Ev2bF03yZGkP1RjNPGhpo1/view?usp=drive_link Destructionist International: https://destructionist.international/ warmachinepodcast.com Music for this episode: Exhausted Divinity, Niky Nine https://lazerdiscs.bandcamp.com/track/exhausted-divinity-2 Primitivo, Axons https://onsetaudio.bandcamp.com/track/primitivo Bone Orchard, Void Stasis https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/track/bone-orchard

In this episode, Matt, Justin, and Jake discuss audio clips from Alan Moore, George P. Hansen, and Robert Anton Wilson. Sympathies emerge. Art as Sorcery: https://www.entheosdesigns.net/items/art-as-sorcery-%2F%2F%2F Alan Moore on Magic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1qACd0wHd0 George P. Hansen on The Trickster and the Paranormal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x5iRq3v9mQ Robert Anton Wilson on Consciousness & Coincidence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0uImc27Ico Music for this episode: Exhausted Divinity, Niky Nine Give me More Time, Hotel Pools Bone Orchard, Void Stasis Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

In this episode, Justin and Matt speak with Matt Valler who recently completed a PhD in Translation Studies at Queen's University Belfast. We spoke with him about his dissertation which is titled “Taking the Measure of High Cross: Translating the Many Worlds of Truro at the Time of the Anthropocene”. Matt's work concerns the philosophy of translation, particularly in relation to New Materialism, and the materiality of narrative time in the context of environmental and ecological crises. He is also an associate researcher with the Institute of Cornish Studies at the University of Exeter where he curates a cross-departmental seminar series called Complex Cornwall, which has to do with theoretical and practical innovations in interdisciplinary research. We're at warmchinepodcast.com Music for this episode: Black Rainbow, Moskva Kassiopeya Along the Creek, Hotel Pools Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

In this episode, Justin provides an introduction to the work of Michel Henry, a French philosopher who was a major figure in 20th-century phenomenology. The introduction was delivered as part of the Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center's series "Phenomenology is for Beginners". Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center: https://dsc.duq.edu/phenomenology-center/ warmachinepodcast.com

In this episode, Justin and Matt speak with anthropologists Adam Louis-Klein and Justin Shaffner about their collaborative project, “The Sky-Earth System: A Manifesto for Learning to See and Think as a Generic Ancient”. Adam Louis-Klein is a musician, philosopher and anthropologist from Seattle and New York. He studied Philosophy at Yale College (B.A) and at the New School for Social Research (M.A), Anthropology (M.A) at the University of Chicago, and is now a PHD student in the Anthropology department at McGill University. https://www.adamlouisklein.com/ Justin Shaffner: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=n4VX4kYAAAAJ&hl=en Read the Text: https://www.academia.edu/105365384/The_Sky_Earth_System_A_Manifesto_for_Learning_to_See_and_Think_as_a_Generic_Ancient Abstract: The Sky is falling and there are too few who recognize the importance of holding it up. We contend that many of the pressing problems of our times, including climate catastrophe and global inequality, are direct consequences of the cosmology of the Moderns. We argue that anthropology as a discipline should think with ordinary people everywhere and with the Universe at once. We propose the Sky-Earth System as a cosmology in which to think and live as Ancients, to suspend the impersonal World of the Moderns. The Sky-Earth System is a metaframe that replaces the Nature/Culture schema of the Moderns and puts the Human back at the Center of the Universe, ending the Copernican era as seen from within the history of the Moderns. It allows us to think generically, meaning to think with everyone anywhere and anywhen. We think-with revival movements of the Ancients that are taking place everywhere across the Sky-Earth System, practices of symmetric anthropology in the Upper Rio Negro of the Amazon, in the city of Manaus and in Brazil, the Village-as-University in Melanesia and the Boazi revival, Afro-Centric, Polytheist, Psychedelic, and other movements occurring in North America and elsewhere at the ends of the World. Music for this episode: Exhausted Divinity, Niky Nine Knots, Hania Rani Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker warmachinepodcast.com

In this episode, Justin and Matt speak with Robert Saler about his book Death to the World, and Apocalyptic Theological Aesthetics which explores the Death to the World movement. Get the book: https://a.co/d/1MPLoOe Robert is Associate Dean and theology professor at Christian Theological Seminary, where he directs the Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Programs. He is known for his work on ecclesiology, theological creativity, and the theology of the cross, with notable publications including Between Magisterium and Marketplace and Theologia Crucis. Having transitioned from Lutheranism to Eastern Orthodoxy, Saler explores the intersection of American Eastern Orthodoxy, anti-modernism, and online religious subcultures. He is also a fellow at Indiana University/Purdue University, focusing on the impact of internet culture on Orthodox parish ministry. Music for this episode: Echoes, Emil Rottmayer Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

In this episode, Justin and Matt speak with Taylor Thomas who is a PhD student in theology, ethics, and philosophy at Boston University School of Theology and a Lindamood Fellow at the Center for Mind and Culture. Taylor also hosts the Tillich Today Podcast, dedicated to exploring the profound and often revolutionary ideas of Paul Tillich, a towering figure in the world of philosophy, theology, and religion. https://taylormariethomas.squarespace.com/mindful-musings/tillich-today

In this episode, Clayton Crockett joins Matt and Justin to discuss Catherine Malabou's recent book, "Stop Thief! Anarchism and Philosophy". Clayton Crockett is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion and the Director of the interdisciplinary Religious Studies program at University of Central Arkansas. He regularly teaches courses on Exploring Religion; Philosophy of Religion; Religion, Science and Technology; and Religion and Psychology. He has authored or edited a number of books, including Religion, Politics and the Earth; The Future of Continental Philosophy of Religion, Derrida After the End of Writing, and Energy and Change: A New Materialist Cosmo-theology. He is a member of a national organization that promotes religious literacy, the Westar Institute, and their “Seminar on God and the Human Future.” He is also a Distinguished Research Fellow for the Global Centre for Advanced Studies, an online graduate school (www.gcas.ie). Finally, he is a co-editor of an academic book series called “Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture” for Columbia University Press. Get the book: https://www.amazon.com/Stop-Thief-Philosophy-Catherine-Malabou/dp/1509555234/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2MQOAK76CXRV8&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Y-B1tad_2xDcPgoLNWGrC_wQRtwCQ80-bc5wMe9LnPk.ykUS4H8Lmhiv7i7PKAj4PTgAm1RGGIDioDxJEfpBJNQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=stop+thief+malabou&qid=1719253683&sprefix=stop+thief+malabou%2Caps%2C97&sr=8-1 Music for this episode: Primitivo, Axons

In this episode, Matt speaks with John "Apollonius" Opsopaus who is a magician, scholar, and computer scientist who has practiced magic, divination, and Neopaganism since the 1960s. He has more than 40 publications in various magical and Neopagan magazines and designed the Pythagorean Tarot and wrote the comprehensive Guide to the Pythagorean Tarot. He is the author of The Oracles of Apollo, and The Secret Texts of Hellenic Polytheism. John's Website: http://opsopaus.com/ Read the first chapter of Pythagorean Theology: http://opsopaus.com/OM/BA/ETP/I.html warmachinepodcast.com Music for this episode: Exhausted Divinity, Niky Nine French Inhale, bsd.u Flare, Frederic Robinson Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

In this episode, Matt speaks with Kester Brewin who is an author, educator, and head of communications at the Institute for the Future of Work, about his recently published book called “Godlike a 500 year history of artificial intelligence in myths, machines, monsters”. "It's not only '100% zesty, it's also a powerful telling of humanity's ongoing relationship with technology and a reflection on the current questions surrounding AI. It is the most compelling radical theological text I have read.” - Tripp Fuller Get the book: https://a.co/d/hNGFlAU warmachinepodcast.com. Music for this episode: Exhausted Divinity, Niky Nine Love Always, Nu Alkemi Void Figures, Redlum and Primal Tribes Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

"Being at Sea", written by J.F. Martel appeared in METAPSYCHOSIS Journal of Consciousness, Literature, and Art on April 8, 2024. https://www.metapsychosis.com/being-at-sea/ Voice and sound design by Matt Baker

In this episode, Matt is joined by Christopher Rodkey in a conversation with Andre Rabe. Rabe is a storyteller, theologian, philosopher, author, and public speaker, known for his contributions to research on mimetic theory, open and relational theology, process philosophy, science and religion, and how to make these ideas relevant to real life. He's recently published a book titled “Processing Mimetic Reality: Harmonizing Alfred North Whitehead and René Girard”. Get the book: https://a.co/d/6RtJlOE Andre's website "Always Loved": https://alwaysloved.net/intention/ Chris Rodkey's author page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Christopher-D.-Rodkey/author/B0077V8XHW?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&qid=1713792458&sr=8-2&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true Music for this episode by Matt Baker

In this episode, Justin and Matt speak with Tad Delay about his newest book: "Future of Denial: The Ideologies of Climate Change". The age of denial is over, we are told. Yet emissions continue to rise while gimmicks, graft, and green- washing distract the public from the climate violence suffered by the vulnerable. This timely, interdisciplinary contribution to the environmental humanities draws on the latest climatology, the first shoots of an energy transition, critical theory, Earth's paleoclimate history, and trends in border violence to answer the most pressing question of our age: Why do we continue to squander the short time we have left? Episode intro read directly from Future of Denial: The Ideologies of Climate Change Use the promo code DENIAL for 25% off the purchase: https://www.versobooks.com/products/2857-future-of-denial Future of Denial podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/taddelay Website: warmachinepodcast.com Patreon: patreon.com/WarMachine419 Music for this episode by Matt Baker

In this episode Justin and Matt are joined by Kazi AdI Shakti for a discussion with Steven Shaviro on issues relating to the Difference in Repetition that's in process. The reading group is sponsored by The Center for Process Studies and the Cobb Institute. Our discussion raises a number of questions about Deleuze, particularly his theory of time, as well as his relationship to the thought of A.N. Whitehead. Reading Group Signup: https://cobb.institute/forums/processing-difference-repetition/ Steven is a philosopher, cultural critic, and author whose interests include film theory, time, science fiction, panpsychism, capitalism, affect and subjectivity. https://mitpress.mit.edu/author/steven-shaviro-9041/ Kazi's blog: https://holo-poiesis.com/ Music for this episode: Irritatingly Crooked, Primal Tribes & Redlum Intro sample from the Netflix series Blue Samurai

In this episode, Randy Dible joins Justin in a discussion about the phenomenology of the float tank. They discuss the creator of the float tank, John C Lilly, afterward shifting to more speculative matters of metaphysics and cosmogony. Randolph Dible is a lecturer in philosophy at St. Joseph's University, New York, and a philosophy doctoral student at The New School for Social Research. His work is in phenomenology and Ancient Greek philosophy. randolphdible.com Music for this episode: Exhausted Divinity, Niky Nine

In this episode, Matt speaks with author Larry Jordan about his recently published book called The Way, Meaningful Spirituality for a Modern World. The book integrates religion and science and reconciles Eastern and Western worldviews, confirming with the mystics and the scientists that everyone is related, and everything is connected. The Way recognizes the perennial philosophy that underlies many spiritual traditions. Reading The Way is like having a cup of coffee with Bart Ehrman, Eckhart Tolle, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Albert Einstein. Larry's Website: https://larryjordanauthor.com/ Metaphysics and the Matter with Things: Thinking with Iain McGilchrist INFO: https://ctr4process.org/conference/metaphysics-and-the-matter-with-things-thinking-with-iain-mcgilchrist/ Affiliate LINK: https://ctr4process.org/mcgilchrist-registration-discount Music for this episode: Black Sunrise, Matt Baker Love Always, Nu Alkemi Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker warmachinepodcast.com

In this episode, Jared Morningstar and Justin speak with Lissa McCullough on the difficult thought of American philosopher D. G. Leahy (1937–2014). Lissa McCullough is Lecturer in Philosophy at California State University, Dominguez Hills. She is editor of The Call to Radical Theology by Thomas J. J. Altizer and coeditor (with Brian Schroeder) of Thinking through the Death of God: A Critical Companion to Thomas J. J. Altizer, both also published by SUNY Press. Jared Morningstar is an independent scholar living in Madison, Wisconsin with academic interests in philosophy of religion, Islamic studies, comparative religion, metamodern spirituality, and interfaith dialogue. His work in these areas seeks to offer robust responses to issues of inter-religious conflict, contemporary nihilism, and the "meaning crisis," among other things. Jared graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in 2018 with degrees in religion and Scandinavian studies and currently works for the Center for Process Studies, the Cobb Institute, and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. https://jaredmorningstar.com/ Support War Machine: https://www.patreon.com/WarMachine419

In this episode, Matt and Justin speak with author, educator, athlete, James Madden about his recent book “Unidentified Flying Hyperobject: UFOs, Philosophy, and the End of the World” which is an application of the tools of academic philosophy to the UFO phenomenon. His central claim is that understanding the UFO requires a re-thinking of ourselves and our standing in what is revealed as a much wider cosmos. Along the way, he addresses issues in the philosophy of mind, technology, religion, and the possibility of a re-enchantment of the world. James' website: https://www.jdmadden.com/publications Register for the Difference and Repetition reading group: https://cobb.institute/groups/processing-difference-repetition/ Music for this episode: Glare, Emil Rottmayer Through the Prism, Matt Baker UFHO, Matt Baker Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

In this episode, Justin and Matt speak with Tripp Fuller and Thomas J Oord on the general topic of "God after Deconstruction" which is the title of a two-day event they are hosting at Drew University Feb 9 - 10. Tickets are available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/god-after-deconstruction-drew-u-tickets-756322138877?aff=oddtdtcreator Difference and Repetition Circle Signup: https://cobb.institute/groups/processing-difference-repetition/ Music for this episode: The Sky Opened, Hello Meteor Adonis, Birds ov Prey Salvaging the Wreck, Matt Baker Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

In this episode, Jake Given joins Matt and Justin to explore an experimental format whereby each person chooses and brings a short audio clip on any subject to the discussion. Sympathies emerge. God After Deconstruction: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/god-after-deconstruction-drew-u-tickets-756322138877?aff=oddtdtcreator Music for this episode: Sample from Blue Eye Samurai Love Always, Nu Alkemi An Ecological Shift, LANDSRAAD Sorcery and Sanctity, Matt Baker

In this episode, Justin and Matt speak with Thomas Jay Oord about his most recent book, "The Death of Omnipotence, and Birth of Amipotence" wherein Tom outlines many of the reasons why omnipotence is no longer credible or salvageable and wherein he offers an alternative view of divine power. We also discuss some of the challenges that have come along with being a more progressive voice in a conservative institution. Tom is a theologian, philosopher, and scholar of multidisciplinary studies. He's written or edited more than thirty books, and currently directs a doctoral program at Northwind Theological Seminary and the Center for Open and Relational Theology. Oord is known for his contributions to research on love, open and relational theology, science and religion, and freedom and relationships for transformation. Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Omnipotence-Birth-Amipotence/dp/1948609916/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=2KZUR4SANGIS9&keywords=thomas+oord&qid=1701537026&sprefix=thomas+oord%2Caps%2C109&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1 Tom's website: https://thomasjayoord.com/ Music for this episode: Linha de Passe, Bao +Venuz Beats + Styles Davis Love Always, Nu Alkemi Conversion, Broad Sky Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

In this episode, Jordan Miller and Matt Baker speak to Jon Ivan Gill about a number of topics, including the then recently published collection "Toward Afrodiasporic and Afrofuturist Philosophies of Religion". Jon's Website: jonivangill.com Westar Institute: https://www.westarinstitute.org/ Music for this episode: Linha de Passe, Bao x Venus Beats x Styles Davis Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

In this episode, Matt Baker and Matt Segall speak with Whitehead scholar Gary Herstein about his reading of WH as well as what Process Theology can sometimes miss through inattentiveness to certain aspects of WH. Gary is coauthor of The Quantum of Explanation: Whitehead's Radical Empiricism. Gary Herstein: https://garyherstein.com/about/ Matt Segall: https://footnotes2plato.com/about-me/ Music for this episode: Polimorfo, Pianeti Sintectici Love Always, Nu Alkemi Away with the Fairies, Sleepy Fish Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

In this episode, Matt Valler and Matt Baker speak with Dan Siedell about the 'Curatorial Theology' he is currently developing as a graduate student at Drew University. Daniel A. Siedell is an art historian, art critic, and curator who has spent nearly twenty years writing and lecturing on modern art and theology. From 1996-2007 he was Chief Curator of the Sheldon Museum of Art, where he organized numerous exhibitions of modern & contemporary art. From 2007-2011 he was Professor of Modern & Contemporary Art History & Theory at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Who's Afraid of Modern Art: https://www.amazon.com/Whos-Afraid-Modern-Art-Conversation/dp/1625644426/ref=sr_1_1?crid=14QP7H50L1R10&keywords=daniel+siedell+book&qid=1699904777&sprefix=daniel+siegel+book%2Caps%2C123&sr=8-1 Labyrinth: https://labyrinth.city/ Intro sample from the Netflix series Blue-eyed Samurai, episode 7. Music for this episode: Chaos Theory, Ava Low Love Always, Nu Alkemi Those Moments, Hampus Naeselius Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

In this episode, we conclude our exploration of Clayton Crockett's book 'Energy and Change: A New Materialist Cosmotheology', speaking with Clayton Crockett himself to clarify and extend several ideas in this important book. Buy the book: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/energy-and-change/9780231206112 Music for This Episode: Exhausted Divinity, Niky Nine Conversion, Broad Sky

In this episode, Matt speaks with the International Congress for Infrathin Studies founding members Petra Carlsson, Dan Seidell, Jeremy Biles, and Brent Everett Dickenson about the origin, purpose, and work of the ICIS. ICIS: http://www.infrathincongress.org/statement.html Petra: https://ehs.se/en/people/petra-carlsson/ Jeremy: https://saic.academia.edu/jbiles Brent: https://www.brenteverettdickinson.com/ Dan: https://www.tkc.edu/people/daniel-a-siedell/ War Machine's Patreon: https://patreon.com/WarMachine419?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Music for this Episode: Hidden Sector, Gdanian Date with the Night, Yeah Yeah Yeah's Prey, Niky Nine Nicki Minaj, Beez in the Trap Debaser, The Pixies White Elephant, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

In this episode, Justin and Matt speak to Andrew Davis about his recent book, Metaphysics of Exo-Life: Toward a Constructive Whiteheadian Cosmotheology. Andrew who is an American process philosopher, theologian, and scholar of cosmological wonder. He is program director for the Center for Process Studies where he researches, writes, teaches, and organizes conferences on various aspects of process-relational thought. Get the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Metaphysics-Exo-Life-Constructive-Whiteheadian-Cosmotheology-ebook/dp/B0CDSV9YYZ#:~:text=Metaphysics%20of%20Exo%2DLife%20is,meaningful%20picture%20of%20the%20cosmos. Andrew's Website: https://www.andrewmdavis.info/ Center for Process Studies:https://ctr4process.org/ War Machine's Patreon: https://patreon.com/WarMachine419?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Music for this Episode: Mirror Forest, Hello Meteor (WM remix) Love Always, Nu Alkemi Polimondo, Pianeti Sentetici Manatra, Arelam Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

We continue our exploration of Clayton Crockett's book, Energy and Change: A New Materialist Cosmotheology. Specifically, Mary Jane Rubenstein, Matt Valler, and Matt Baker discuss chapter 6 on Radical Theology and the Nature of God. Get the book: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/energy-and-change/9780231206112 Mary Jane Rubenstein: https://mrubenstein.faculty.wesleyan.edu/ Website: Warmachinepodcast.com Patreon: https://patreon.com/WarMachine419 Music for this episode: Adonis, Birds ov Paradise Love Always, Nu Alkemi Eden, Hania Rani Strange Signals, Gdanian The Sky Opened, Hello Meteor Rain Closures, Hello Meteor Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

In this episode, we continue our exploration of Clayton Crockett's book Energy and Change: A New Materialist Cosmotheology. Specifically, Matt Baker and Matt Valler are joined by Petra Carlsson to discuss chapter 4, Of Spirit in Amerindian, Vodou, and Chinese Traditions. Website: warmachinepodcast.com Get the book: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/energy-and-change/9780231206112 Music for this episode: French Inhale, bsd.u Love Always, Nu Alkemi Cleocarthal, Farkas Manatra, Aralem Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

In this episode, Matt Baker speaks with Luke Grote who recently completed a Ph.D. in Theological and Philosophical Studies in Religion at Drew University about his dissertation which was a comparison of the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan with Zen Buddhism. We were also joined by Leif McClellan who is a chaplain working in Minnesota. Website: warmachinepodcast.com Patreon: https://patreon.com/WarMachine419 Music for this episode: Love Always, Nu Alkemi Red Elevation, Hello Meteor Osiris, Birds ov Paradise Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

In this episode Matt Baker speaks with writer and philosopher Jared Morningstar about Metamodernism and related subjects. Link to Jared's Medium Piece: "A Metamodern Artistic-Experimentalist Approach to Knowledge-Production-qua-Discovery" - https://jaredmorningstar.medium.com/a-metamodern-artistic-experimentalist-approach-to-knowledge-production-qua-discovery-575ef779fcda Jared's Website: https://jaredmorningstar.com/ Center for Process Studies: https://ctr4process.org/ Cobb Institute: https://cobb.institute/ Music for this episode: The Sky Opened, Hello Meteor Love Always, Nu Alkemi Dionysus, Birds ov Paradise Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

This episode continues our exploration of Clayton Crockett's 2022 publication Energy and Change: A New Materialist Cosmotheology. Specifically, Matt Baker and Matt Valler are joined by Jeffrey Robbins for a discussion of chapter 3: Political Economy and Political Ecology: Energy, Political Economy, and Exchange. Purchase the book: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/energy-and-change/9780231206112 Jeffrey Robbins: https://www.lvc.edu/profiles/dr-jeffrey-w-robbins/ Clayton Crockett: https://uca.edu/philosophy/facultystaff/clayton-crockett/ Music for this episode: Adonis, Birds Ov Prey A French Inhale, bsd.u A11, bsu Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

In this episode, Justin Pearl and Matt Baker speak with Marika Rose about her recent publication "Theology for the End of the World". Dr. Marika Rose is Senior Lecturer in Philosophical Theology and works at the intersection of systematic theology and continental philosophy of religion. https://www.winchester.ac.uk/about-us/leadership-and-governance/staff-directory/staff-profiles/rose.php#:~:text=Dr%20Marika%20Rose%20is%20Senior,and%20continental%20philosophy%20of%20religion. Buy the book: https://scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9780334060666/theology-for-the-end-of-the-world Music for this episode: The Sky Opened, Hello Meteor Away with the Fairies, Sleepy Fish Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

In this episode, Matt Baker and Justin Pearl speak with AJ Turner who raises some observations and possible critiques in response to Clayton Crockett's recent book "Energy and Change: A New Materialist Cosmo-theology". AJ is a graduate student at Drew University working in the areas of Pragmatism, Psychology of Religion, William James, Religious Naturalism, and Sociocultural Psychoanalysis. Music for this episode: Higher Dimension Waiting Room, Jazzbois The Sneeze, Jazzbois Love Always, Nu Alkemi Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

This episode presents an adaptation of Tim Ingold's essay, "When Ant Meets Spider" as it appears in "Being Alive: Essays on Movement, Knowledge, and Description (2011)." https://www.amazon.com/Being-Alive-Tim-Ingold/dp/1032052317/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1V3DM9TCWCMPS&keywords=ingold+being+alive&qid=1688951629&sprefix=ingold+being+alive%2Caps%2C123&sr=8-1 Sound Design and Production by Matt Baker

In this episode, Matt Baker Speaks with Philosopher of Mind and Metaphysics - Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes - who specializes in the thought of Whitehead, Nietzsche, and Spinoza – and in fields pertaining to pan-psychism and altered states of consciousness. Peter is a research fellow and lecturer at The University of Exeter and author and coeditor of several books. https://www.philosopher.eu/ Music: Adonis, Birds of Prey Matt Baker, Nomad's Theme

In this episode, Matt Valler and Matt Baker continue their exploration and discussion of Clayton Crockett's book, "Energy and Change: A New Materialist Cosmo-theology". Particularly, we look at Chapter 2, "Vital Matters: Bioenergetics and Life". Part 1 - Introduction: https://www.entheosdesigns.net/items/clayton-crockett-%2F%2F%2F-energy-and-change-pt-1 Part 2 - Energy and the Dynamics of Nature: https://www.entheosdesigns.net/items/clayton-crockett-%2F%2F%2F-energy-and-change-pt-2 Contact us at warmachinepodcast.com Clayton Crockett: uca.edu/philosophy/facultystaff/clayton-crockett/ Intro Music: The Barrier, Gdanian

In this episode, Matt Baker speaks with Matt Segall about his recent book, "Crossing the Threshold, Etheric Imagination in the Post-Kantian Process Philosophy of Schelling and Whitehead". Matt is a transdisciplinary researcher, author, and teacher applying process philosophy across the natural and social sciences, including the study of consciousness. He is Associate Professor in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness Program at California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, CA. Matt's Blog: https://footnotes2plato.com/ Crossing the Threshold: https://revelore.press/product/crossing-the-threshold/ Music for this episode: Deadchrome, Niky Nine Love Always, Nu Alkemi Philanthrope, Sleepy Fish Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

In this episode, Jordan Miller and Matt Baker speak with author Ed Simon about his recent article in Aeon, "A New Paganism: Why We Need a New Expression of the Sacred." https://aeon.co/essays/why-we-need-a-new-expression-of-the-sacred-a-pagan-theology https://edsimon.org/ https://millerje.wordpress.com/ Music for this episode: Exhausted Divinity, Niky Nine Dionysus, Birds ov Paradise

This episode features a talk given by Merlin Sheldrake titled "Mycological Metaphysics: Fungi and Alfred North Whitehead”. It was presented at the 50th Anniversary Conference of the Center for Process Studies. https://ctr4process.org/ Dr. Merlin Sheldrake is a biologist and author of Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures, a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, and winner of the Royal Society Book Prize and the Wainwright Prize. Merlin received a Ph.D. in tropical ecology from Cambridge University for his work on underground fungal networks in tropical forests in Panama, where he was a predoctoral research fellow of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Merlin is a research associate of the Vrije University Amsterdam, and works with the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks and the Fungi Foundation. Republished with permission from the Center for Process Studies and Andrew Davis.

In this episode, Matt Valler and Matt Baker continue their exploration and discussion of Clayton Crockett's book, "Energy and Change: A New Materialist Cosmo-theology". Particularly, we look at Chapter 1, "Energy and the Dynamics of Nature." Contact us at warmachinepodcast.com Music by Matt Baker Clayton Crockett: https://uca.edu/philosophy/facultystaff/clayton-crockett/

This episode continues our telling of HP Lovecraft's, "The Whisperer in the Dark". Written in 1930, it was first published in Weird Tales, August 1931. Similar to The Color Out of Space (1927), it is a blend of horror and science fiction. Although it makes numerous references to the Cthulhu Mythos, the story is not a central part of the mythos, but reflects a shift in Lovecraft's writing at this time towards science fiction. Parts 1 and 2 available here: https://www.entheosdesigns.net/items/h.p.-lovecraft-%2F%2F%2F-the-whisperer-in-darkness---part-1 Episode produced by War Machine. Music provided by Cryo-Chamber Music. Complete works of H.P. Lovecraft: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://arkhamarchivist.com/ebook/The%20Complete%20Works%20of%20H.P.%20Lovecraft.pdf

In this episode, Matt Baker speaks with author, educator, and radical theologian Maria Francesca French about her recently published book titled, "Safer Than the Known Way. A Post Christian Journey". The conversation centers predominantly on issues relevant to Radical Theology, post-Christian thought, and faith after the death of God, with something of an emphasis on the more spectral and apophatic theological valences within that tradition. Maria's website: https://www.mariafrancescafrench.com/ Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Safer-than-Known-Way-Post-Christian-ebook/dp/B0BRGKRVZ2?ref_=ast_author_dp Music for this episode: Love Always, Nu Alkemi Battle of the Tribes, Spiritual Voices and Aikana Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

This kicks off a series of conversations centering on Philosopher of Religion Clayton Crockett's recent monogram, Energy and Change: A New Materialist Cosmotheology. In this episode, Matt Valler and Matt Baker discuss the book's introduction. Buy the book: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/energy-and-change/9780231206112 Music for this episode: Smoke Notturno, Hello Meteor Love Always, Nu Alkemi Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker

This episode features a talk given by Andy Hutcheson who is a researcher at the University of East Anglia, and an archaeologist specializing in the role of institutions in developing complexity in cultural heritage. The talk was recently presented at the 43rd Conference of the theoretical Archaeological Group in Edinburgh. The title of the paper is, The Long Roots of the Climate Crisis: An Archaeological Perspective on the Causes of Climate Change. Music for this episode: Adonis, Birds ov Paradise